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Since I had trouble finding any "brief introduction to XML and TEI" that was either brief or genuinely introductory, I decided to write one myself: www.pmoran.ie/posts/guide-...

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For the February 2025 OG(H)AM of the Month, I have written about the ‘virgular quinquecostate ogham writing’ in Cambridge, University Library MS 4437: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/og... @davidstifter.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social

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Thrilled to see @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social's and my article about "Ogam, cryptography and healing charms in the nineteenth century: observations on ‘The Minchin Manuscript’" published in the Proceedings of the @ria.ie today: muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/arti.... It's an output of the OG(H)AM project,... /1

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NEW! Dr Martin Goldberg of National Museums Scotland talks about the translation of THAT Old English runic inscription on the huge Hiberno-Scandinavian silver broadband armring from the Galloway Hoard. Part 1 of 3 🎬 Thanks to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social @brucester74.bsky.social

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🏺For this month's #OG_H_AM blog, I've written about our investigations into the ogham stone from Pool, Orkney - a team viewing of the 3D model and a trip to the excavation archive appear to have brought this inscription from the 6th century to the 9th! ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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Katherine Forsyth serves us two bottles of beer for Dry January's Og(h)am of the Month, namely from the Gigha Brewery: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/og... @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social

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The OG(H)AM Blog for January 2025 is from our coding colleague Patricia O Connor @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social, continuing from December: Twelve Coding Challenges for Christmas (Part 2) ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20... @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social

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A blanket of snow covers the Rock of Cashel. South Tipperary has become a winter wonderland this morning! The Rock of Cashel, or Carraig Phádraig, is undoubtedly one of Ireland’s most iconic monuments with well more than 1500 years of stories. #sneachta

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🌲2️⃣4️⃣🎁 21ˢᵗ c. Ogam for Young Readers, Dublin 2025 And so, the time has come, and we reveal the final window: The project Ogham Palaeography+ (OPal+), funded by the UK AHRC from 2023–25 and based at the Department of Celtic and Gaelic in Glasgow University and at the Department of Early Irish in… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣3️⃣🎁 21ˢᵗ c. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy On 5 November 2024, the OG(H)AM and OPal+ team hosted a launch event at the Royal Irish Academy to celebrate the completion of a spectacular new artwork by the scribal and graffiti artist and parchment-maker Thomas Keyes. This original piece of art… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣2️⃣🎁 20ᵗʰ–21ˢᵗ c. Patrick Ireland, One Here Now (Cobh, Co. Cork) Patrick Ireland (1972–2008) was one of the adopted personae of the artist, art critic and television host Brian O’Doherty (1928–2022). Born in Ireland, he moved to New York in 1957. Major retrospectives of his work were held at the… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣1️⃣🎁 20ᵗʰ c. I-KID-008 (CIIC 26; Dómhnach Mór/Donaghmore, Co. Kildare) We could fill a whole month with examples of 20ᵗʰ-century ogam, but we’ll leave that for another life. Instead we are cheating by presenting a 6ᵗʰ-century stone, discovered in 1902, and now kept in Swords in the depot… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣0️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. National Library of Scotland MS 50.3.11 ‘The Minchin Manuscript’ We are pleased to announce that in the next days our preliminary study of the ‘Minchin Manuscript’, the pinnacle of 19ᵗʰ-century manuscript ogam, will be published #OpenAccess online in volume 125C of the Proceedings… ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣9️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 M 35 (655) The late 18ᵗʰ and early 19ᵗʰ centuries saw the beginning of the modern systematic study of ogam stones. One of the foremost antiquarians of the period was John Windele from Cork (1801–65) who was involved in the identification and collection of… ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣8️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 K 3 (68) This Royal Irish Academy manuscript contains mostly poetry and some Fenian literature. It was written ca. 1824 by Seaghan Ua Hethir (John Hehir) in Doonogan, Co. Clare and Cashel, Co. Tipperary. On p. 95, he copied four lines from the poem ‘An Clampar’… ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣7️⃣🎁 16ᵗʰ c. Dublin, Trinity College MS 1337 (H.3.18) Many of the ogam-inspired ciphers in the ‘Book of Ogam’ (see yesterday’s entry) are attributed to legendary Irish figures, and thus highlight the links between the later manuscript transmission of ogam and wider Irish literary tradition. ᚐ

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Metalwork for Monday: 10th-century bronze handbell bell from Co. Armagh, now in @nmireland.bsky.social: OROIT AR CHU(M)MASCACH M(AC) AILELLO [a prayer for Cummascach son of Ailell], likely the steward of Armagh who died in 909; cracks & rivet holes show use & repair - history written in imperfection

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🌲1️⃣6️⃣🎁 16ᵗʰ c. Dublin, Trinity College MS 1337 (H.3.18) This 16ᵗʰ-century manuscript contains a beautiful copy of the tract Lebor Ogaim ‘The Book of Ogam’. Its earliest surviving witness is found in the 14ᵗʰ-century compendium known as ‘Book of Ballymote’ (RIA MS 23 P 12; see our entry for 13 Dec). ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣5️⃣🎁 16ᵗʰ c. Dublin, Trinity College MS 1323 TCD MS 1323 is a composite 16ᵗʰ-century vellum codex containing texts on the medicinal uses of various plants. Its association with the North Connacht-based hereditary medical family known by the surname ‘Mac an Leagha’ is indicated by two marginal… ᚐ

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Dec 15 is the feast of Mugain of the female monastic foundation at Cloonburren Co. Roscommon, across the Shannon from Clonmacnoise; early medieval inscribed stones & cross fragments found at the site. I write about it a bit here: www.academia.edu/109381848 See also creazilla.com/media/3d-mod...

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🌲1️⃣4️⃣🎁 14ᵗʰ c. I-COR-099 (Caisleán Chúirt an Bharraigh/Barryscourt Castle, Co. Cork) Ogam 1: ᚔ ᚇᚅᚐ ᚋᚂᚐᚓ ᚌᚋᚔᚏᚓ I DNA MLAE TA GMIRE ‘?’ Ogam 2: ]ᚓᚅ[ ]ᚔᚇᚔ[ [AM]EN [F]IDI[LES] ? ‘amen ye faithful’ As we shall see in the coming days, knowledge of ogam appears to have survived into the modern period… ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣3️⃣🎁 14ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 P 12 ‘The Book of Ballymote’ The great late-14ᵗʰ-century compendium of Irish learning known as the ‘Book of Ballymote’ (Royal Irish Academy MS 23 P 12) is of particular importance for the transmission of ideas about ogam in the later Middle Ages and modern periods. ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣2️⃣🎁 12ᵗʰ c. I-CLA-004 (CIIC 54; Cill Dalua/Killaloe, Co. Clare) [ᚦ]ᚢᚱᚵᚱᛁᛗ ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ ᛭ | [ᚲ]ᚱᚢᛋ ᚦᛁᚾᚨ [Þ]URGRIM RISTI [K]RUS ÞINA ‘Þórgrimr carved this cross’ ᚛ᚁᚕᚅᚇᚐᚉᚆᚈ | ᚃᚑᚏᚕᚅᚐᚍ[ BEᴬNDACHT | FỌR EᴬNA[Gʷ?] ‘a blessing on…’ In the period of ‘reformed ogam’, the practice of ogam writing underwent… ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣1️⃣🎁 11ᵗʰ c. M-IOM-005 (Kirkmichael, Isle of Man) Ogam 1: ᚁᚂᚃᚄᚅᚆᚇᚈᚉᚊᚋᚌᚍᚎᚏᚐᚑᚒᚓᚔ BLVSNHDTCQMGGᵂSᵀRAOUEI Ogam 2: ᚋᚒᚒᚉᚑᚋᚐᚂᚂᚐᚃᚔᚒᚐᚋᚒᚂᚂᚌᚒᚉ MUUCOMALL AVI UA MULLGUC ‘Mucomael grandson of O’Maelguc’ A small number of ogam stones are Norse-Irish bilinguals in runes and ogam. Two such stones are from… ᚐ

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🌲🔟🎁 10ᵗʰ c. I-DUB-002 (Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath/Dublin Castle, Co. Dublin) ᚛ᚐᚊᚓ or ᚓᚅᚐ᚜ AQE or ENA The knowledge of ogam did not end with the demise of large commemorative stones. Its use in private contexts continued on smaller objects such as this decorated antler comb (15.1×3.4×1.1cm),… ᚐ

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🌲9️⃣🎁 9ᵗʰ c. S-MOR-001 (Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland) ]ᚓᚇᚇᚐᚏᚏᚅᚑᚅᚅ[ -]EDDARRNONN[- ‘…Ethernan…’ Found in 1781 while laying the foundations for a new church in Dyke and Moy, the stone, also known as ‘Rodney’s Stone’, is now located on the approach way to Brodie Castle. It is the longest of all… ᚐ

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🌲8️⃣🎁 8ᵗʰ c. Cín Dromma Snechtai ‘The Book of Druimm Snechtai (Drumsnat)’ By the 8ᵗʰ century, epigraphic ogam had become a thing of the past & a matter of folklore. Two tales from the lost manuscript Cín Dromma Snechtai illustrate this point. At the end of Immram Brain maic Ḟebail ‘The Sea-Voyage… ᚐ

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Words from long ago: grave slab from the early Irish monastery of Clonmacnoise that reads 'a prayer for Máel Mhíchíl'; here 'máel' means tonsured & the name suggests devotion to the Archangel Michael

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🌲7️⃣🎁 7ᵗʰ c. S-SHE-004 (St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland, Scotland) ]ᚁᚓᚄᚋᚓᚊᚊᚅᚐᚅᚐᚋᚋᚑᚃᚃᚓᚎ -]B!ES MEQQ NANNAMMOVVESᵀ ‘of … son of *Nanamoguist’ Despite, or because of, its spread over all the islands, there are many subtle and not so subtle regional differences to the use of ogam. We already met the… ᚐ

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This week on the podcast! Thanks so much to @shazarch.bsky.social for chatting to us about the importance of historians and archaeologists working together to fully understand the medieval world. Ringforts, Killeen Cormac, cattle, sheep, pollen, 'remote' islands etc! open.spotify.com/episode/2xtM...

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🌲6️⃣🎁 7ᵗʰ c. I-KER-055 (CIIC 187; Cill Maoilchéadair/Kilmalkedar, Co. Kerry) ᚐᚅᚋᚋᚔᚂᚓᚔᚅᚁᚔᚏ | ᚋᚐᚉᚔᚁᚏᚑᚉᚐᚅᚅ ẠṆM MẠỊLE-INBIR/ MACI BROCANN ‘name/memorial inscription of Máel-Inbir (Mailā Andiberī) son of Broccán (Broccagnas)’ In the 7ᵗʰ century, the classical period of ogam usage on stone monuments… ᚐ

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🌲5️⃣🎁 6ᵗʰ c. I-WAT-012 (CIIC 273; Drom Lócháin/Drumlohan, Co. Waterford) ᚉᚐᚂᚒᚅᚑᚃᚔᚉ[ᚐ]ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚋᚒᚉᚑᚔᚂᚔᚈ[ᚓᚅ]ᚔ CALUNOVIC[A] MAQI MUCOI LIT[EN]Ị ‘of Calunovics from the kin-group of Lithen (*Litenas)’ The first element of CALUNOVICA corresponds to OIr. Culann, the name of the smith who gave Cú-Chulainn… ᚐ

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🌲4️⃣🎁 6ᵗʰ c. I-KER-052 (CIIC 184; Gort na gCuileannach/Gortnagullanagh, Co. Kerry) ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚇᚓᚉᚓᚇᚇᚐ | ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚉᚐᚈᚒᚃ[ᚔᚉ…] a: MAQQI DECEDDA b: MAQQI CATUVỊC̣[.?.] ‘of Mac-Deichet (Maqqas-Deceddas) son of Cathai/Cathach (*Catuvics) The 6ᵗʰ century saw the greatest activity in the production of ogams. ᚐ

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🌲3️⃣🎁 5ᵗʰ c. W-PEM-001 (CIIC 449; Llandudoch/St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales) SAGRANI FILI CVNOTAMI ‘of Sagranus son of Cunotamus’ ᚄᚐᚌᚏᚐᚌᚅᚔᚋᚐᚊᚔᚉᚒᚅᚐᚈᚐᚋᚔ SAGRAGNI MAQI CUNATAMI ‘of Sárán (Sagragnas) son of Contam (*Cunatamas)’ All but 6 of the 40 genuine ogam inscriptions in southwest Britain… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣🎁 5ᵗʰ c. M-IOM-007 (CIIC 500; Knoc y Doonee, Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man) AMMECATI FILIVS ROCATI HIC IACIT ‘here lies Ammecatus son of Rocatus’ [ᚐᚋ]ᚁ[ᚔ]ᚉᚐᚈᚑᚄᚋ[ᚐ]ᚊᚔᚏ[ᚑ]ᚉ[ᚐ]ᚈ[ᚑ]ᚄ [AM?]BỊCATOS MẠQI RỌCẠTỌS ‘of Imchad (Ambicatus) son of Rochad (Rocatus)’ Ogam inscriptions are pan-insular. ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣🎁 4ᵗʰ c. I-MEA-004 (Sí an Bhrú/Newgrange, Co. Meath) [ᚋ]ᚐᚊᚔᚐᚃᚔᚕᚑᚂᚒᚔᚕᚑᚔ [M]AQI AVI KOLUI KOI ‘of the son of the descendant of Collae? (Collovias?) here’ It is unknown when the writing system ogam was invented. The earliest extant, archaeologically datable texts are from the 4ᵗʰ century ᴀ.ᴅ. ᚐ

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What a marvellous conference this has been – such fascinating & inspiring discussions of multilingualism, vernacularization, script systems, translation & lots more! Very grateful to the organisers for their tremendous hospitality this week 😊

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Nearly ready to head to the University of Oslo for this very promising conference on 'Multiliteracies' - I'll be talking about the work of the OG(H)AM project with the excellent @ndefaoite.bsky.social! @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social

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Did you catch September's #OG_H_AM blog by @ndefaoite.bsky.social? If you look at ogham inscriptions closely, you may notice different carving techniques! @davidstifter.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social @lexiconleponticum.bsky.social 🏺

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The model of the Donaghmore ogham stone on display in the Iontas building @maynoothuni.bsky.social for the official launch of the #OG_H_AM project @EarlyIrishMU and @UofGlasgow #brigid1500. @davidstifter.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social

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Check out September 2024's Og(h)am of the Month, which is really something very special: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/og... In honour of, and in connection with, the Brigid's Worlds Conference at the Dept. of Early Irish @maynoothuni.bsky.social (brigid1500.ie/event/brigid...).

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OG(H)AM an lae ar tháinig Anne Harrington air: ruga olainn mheasctha alpaca agus Gaillmigh a bhfuil an inscríbhinn SOS COMHRAIC air. OG(H)AM of the day, found by Anne Harrington: an alpaca and Galway wool mixed rug, reading SOS COMHRAIC "cease-fire". www.ceadogan.ie/product/writ...

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New on the OG(H)AM website. Fascinating monthly blog by @andubhghailleach.bsky.social about the "Future of Digital Ogam": how can Unicode update its ogham block to facilitate its usage for research about the script? What can we learn from hieroglyphs for ogham? ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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Still time to apply for this fantastic PhD opportunity! #️⃣ #earlyirish #epigraphy #palaeography #medievalscripts #ogham

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📣 Paid PhD Studentship Opportunity! 🪨✍️Early Medieval Irish Scripts on Stone - The origins and early development of Irish epigraphic culture 🏫Dept. of Early Irish, Maynooth University ‼️Deadline: 28 April 2024 📲Details: rb.gy/n63a7p #️⃣ #medievalsky #earlyirish #epigraphy #ogham #medievalscripts

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